Thursday, April 23, 2009

Return of the groundhog

OK, this Cards series has been horrible. Obviously, Maine needs to pick it up big time. And Pelf needs to pitch.

Ollie's been up and down, I can live with that. Livan Hernandez? I mean, what can you really expect.

Murphy's fielding has been bad. No other way to say it. You know there are going to be growing pains. But you can't look so bad as to completely undermine the confidence of the guys around you. On the flip, his hitting has lived up to billing, and he's been one of the few getting clutch hits.

And speaking of which, it seems we once again are capable of massive offensive explosion, but churning out that key run remains very difficult.

1 comment:

SheaHeyKid said...

Well, and that's the issue. At some point past performance is a great indicator of future returns. This is the third year in a row of exactly the same problems from Perez, from Maine, from the offense not getting clutch hits, and the team being questioned as having no heart or killer instinct.

And yet Omar & Co. do not break up the core and do not go after a starter in the offseason.

"I think we might have caught them on a little bit of a down slide, but that's the way it goes," Ankiel said. That's an understatement. This team's been in a slide for 3 years.